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Gett Shutters Juno In New York, Partners With Lyft

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Ridesharing company Gett, which operates under the name Juno in New York City, is shuttering its operations there and entering into a partnership with Lyft to take on its accounts, according to a report by TechCrunch. Gett acquired Juno in 2017 for about $250 million, in a move to expand in the region.

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How GDPR Is Testing The Homesharing Market

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Regulators want to have a greater stake in the way sharing platforms operate. Many of these regulators also now expect sharing and payment services to comply with shifting data regulations, like GDPR. For more on this and other developments, take a look at the Playbook’s News and Trends section.

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EU Regulators Warn Clearing Houses Need More Checks

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When it comes to ensuring the resiliency of clearing houses that process derivatives, better checks and balances are necessary in the European Union, according to a regulatory watchdog in the region. It’s a huge market as the derivatives industry is estimated to be $550 trillion annually.

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Gett Closes Down NY Ridesharing Brand Juno; Partners With Lyft

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Ridesharing company Gett, which operates under the name Juno in New York City, is shuttering its operations there and entering into a partnership with Lyft to take on its accounts, according to a report by TechCrunch. Gett acquired Juno in 2017 for about $250 million, in a move to expand in the region.

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NY Regulator Looks To Interest Rate Caps For FIs And FinTech Firms

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In one case at the state level (and it’s New York, so movement there carries much weight within the financial arena), Bloomberg reported that NY’s financial regulator is challenging what the newswire terms a “fundamental principle” on bank and FinTech relationships that brings interest rate caps into that regulator’s crosshairs.

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An Australia With No Google – A Search For Search? 

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In the Land Down Under, the ripple effects of the clash between regulators and a giant in online search (that would be Google , of course) may be such that consumers are left searching for search. According to Statista , Google has almost 90 percent market share in Australia. The tightrope is a tough one to walk.

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Red Flags Raised Over Potential NY Fed Appointment

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Williams, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, is reportedly being tapped to replace the retiring president of the New York Fed, but at least one watchdog has problem with that. It doesn’t help that the New York Fed branch is massive, accounting for around $2.5 The San Francisco Fed had only $568.7